Italicus Express bombing

The Italicus Express bombing occurred on 4 August 1974 during the violent "Years of Lead" period in Italy. The Italicus Express, a night train on the Rome-Munich line, had left Florence 45 minutes before the bombing occurred at 1:23 AM; former Prime Minister Aldo Moro had disembarked from the train the day before, before the train reached Rome. Members of the neo-fascist Ordine Nero group planted a bomb in the fifth passenger car of the train, and the bomb exploded as the train approached the end of the San Benedetto Val di Sambro tunnel under the Apennines. 12 people were killed and 48 were injured in the bomb attack, and neo-fascist leader Mario Tuti was arrested and later acquitted for his role in the attack.